Ask the Author: Lela Lee
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Lela Lee
Carry a notebook and write whatever you think is noteworthy in it. Observations, snippets of conversations, questions. Those little jotted notes can become big projects later.
Lela Lee
The best thing about being a writer is that I get to write how I feel on paper. And if I don't know how I feel, I can write and write until I know what that feeling is. Writing allows us to get very microscopic about feelings that we sometimes can't share in real life. But when these writings become part of a book, song, poem, comic, story, that is shared with an audience, it can resound in the hearts and minds of people from all backgrounds.
Lela Lee
I prefer to write when the impetus for a writing project is organic. It has to be something that I want to spend a lot of time thinking about. Then I break that bigger project down into bite size tasks. I write best in the morning with coffee, so I usually wake up around 6am and write for at least an hour. Some days it's more, and some days it just an hour. When it comes to drawing a weekly comic, I just force myself to do it.
Lela Lee
If I get stuck on something, I move to another part of the project. If I'm really stuck, I switch activities. I find that when I do an activity that is automatic, like driving or washing dishes, ideas or solutions will come to the problem I've been working on. When this happens, I make sure to write it down immediately. I scribble notes on scraps of paper, napkins, whatever I can find. I also carry a pen and notebook in my purse if I'm out. I keep my little notebooks and scraps of papers for years so when I use something I've jotted down, I make sure to put a check mark next to it.
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